"I'm still on recovery to 100 per cent but hopefully in few months time I will be able to do it" - Rishabh Pant

Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Rishabh Pant has talked about his recovery and his aspirations of playing the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The stunning wicketkeeper-batter took part in the mini-auction for IPL 2024 on Tuesday as well. However, this is a rare instance where the captain of an IPL franchise will be present at the auction table. Notably, Pant is still recovering from the injuries he faced in a car crash in late 2022 and hopes to be fit in time for the IPL 2024 as well.

“Much better, given what I was doing few months ago. I’m still on recovery to 100 per cent but hopefully in few months time I will be able to do it,” Rishabh Pant said in a video released by the Delhi Capitals on Twitter. “Sometimes you want to explain to people the kind of player that you want. I feel if I am able to do that, I think most of the part is clear, because playing does play a part but at the same time, if you can get the player you want for the team, then that would be the best thing.”

“As of now there is no expectation (from the auction), but really excited and looking forward to it, because it is something new and I have not done it. No experience about it, but really exciting times ahead,” he further added.

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“If your supporters show you love, then it means a lot, and it really helps in recovery” – Rishabh Pant

The swashbuckling batter’s career came to a halt when the unfortunate car accident happened. He suffered multiple injuries and also missed a few international assignments and the IPL season as he had undergone extensive surgeries and subsequent rehabilitation as well.

“It has been really amazing, because whenever we play cricket, we feel no one loves us because there is always pressure. Actually it is a bit of hard time, but I got to know atleast people love us, they respect us and the kind of appreciation and the kind of concern I would say people have shown, I think it was heartfelt for me,” Pant said”It means a lot as an individual when you are going through a very rough time. If your supporters show you love, then it means a lot, and it really helps in recovery,” Rishabh Pant concluded